Anil Ambani Withdraws Urgent Hearing Petition in Income Tax Case after Bombay HC Slaps ₹25K Cost for creating ‘Artificial Urgency’ [Read Order]
The Bench observed that the Chairman and Managing Director of the magnanimous Reliance Group had approached the Court at the last moment and then cited urgency
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The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of ₹25,000 on industrialist Anil Dhirajlal Ambani for seeking an urgent hearing in a matter concerning a Notice issued by the Income Tax Department. The Court found that the petition lacked genuine urgency and that Ambani had attempted to create an ‘artificial urgency’ to expedite their matter. The Writ Petition was filed by Anil...
The Bombay High Court recently imposed a cost of ₹25,000 on industrialist Anil Dhirajlal Ambani for seeking an urgent hearing in a matter concerning a Notice issued by the Income Tax Department. The Court found that the petition lacked genuine urgency and that Ambani had attempted to create an ‘artificial urgency’ to expedite their matter.
The Writ Petition was filed by Anil Ambani against the Deputy Director of Income Tax 8 4 & Ors with regards to a show cause notice dated April 12, 2022, issued by the Income Tax Department as part of proceedings related to the Assessment Year (A.Y.) 2022–2023.
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Gunjan Kakkad, appearing for Ambani had initially moved a praecipe before the division bench of the Bombay High Court seeking urgent circulation of the matter. However, the bench dismissed the request for urgent listing on March 27, 2025, terming the urgency "artificial."
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The Court remarked that the petitioner had approached the bench at the last moment, just days before the assessment was likely to become time-barred by March 31, 2025. It stressed that the judicial system’s facility for urgent hearings should not be invoked in such a manner, particularly when the challenge was only to a show cause notice issued nearly three years earlier.
The Bombay High Court proceeded to impose a cost of ₹25,000, directing Ambani to deposit the amount with Tata Memorial Hospital within two weeks. It provided detailed bank information for compliance and scheduled the matter for a regular hearing on April 1.
However, on the 1 April, 2025, Senior Advocate Rafique Dada, appearing for Ambani along with Gunjan Kakkad and Mufaddal Paperwala (instructed by Crawford Bayley & Co.), informed the bench that the Income Tax Department had already passed an assessment order in the same regard.
In light of the developments, the Counsel sought leave to withdraw the petition with liberty to challenge the assessment order either before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal or, if necessary, through a fresh writ petition before the High Court.
Meanwhile, Akhileshwar Sharma and Suresh Kumar appeared for the Income Tax Department and the Union of India and expressed no objections towards the withdrawal of the Petition.
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Acknowledging the submissions, the Bench of Justice M.S. Sonak and Justice Jitendra Jain, Court granted permission to withdraw the petition and clarified that all contentions, including constitutional questions raised in the original petition were left open, but with all liberties had been prayed.
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